Paint-bucket stand



Aug. 25, 1925. 1,551,242

J. G. DICK PAINT BUCKET STAND Filed Aug. 2. 1924 7 r0 .9 .9 orzGDioZ:

INVENTOR WVINESSES ATTORNEY Cir Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

v UNITED STATES 1,551,242 PATENT, OFFICE.

Joint e. DICK, or onrNooK, MONTANA.

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" Application filed August 2, 1924. Seria1 No.729,772.

To all whom itlmag concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN G. DICK, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chinook, in the county ofBlaine and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Improvement lD"PEllI1lZ-Btl0l6t Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paint bucket stands.

The object is to provide a stand for holding buckets of. paint adapted to' rest upon the more or less uneven ground while the painter is coating the lower portions of a wall, building or fence. the said stand, together with the bucket therein,being readily movable to a new point and placed in proper, upright, supporting position without danger ofspilling the paint, and without the necessity for any care being exercised in placing the stand upon the ground, even though the latter may be littered with scraps and portions of waste building material. r

Anotherobject is to provide a simple, strong and durable stand for this purpose, which may be cheaply manufactured of ordinary rod iron bent and secured to form. a receptable for different sizes of buckets, the same having a single pair of spaced legs to rest upon the ground in spaced relation to the wall to'find a secure footing without danger of rocking or tilting, a rearwardly extending foot carried by the stand having a single-point contact with the wall to steady the device and hold the same upright in coaction with the said legs.

A final object is to provide in a stand for the above purpose, means for holding the paint brush when not in use and. to allow the same to drip or drain into thereceptacle, and to be within easy reach of the painter when desired for .use.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this'specification, it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the in vention, the latter is not to be confined to strict conformity with the showing thereof, but may be changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no 1nateri'al departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, in which similar reference characters designate, corresponding parts throughout the several figures .Flgure 1 is a front elevation of the improved stand, a bucket being indicated in proper position therein,in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure. dis a top plan view thereof. Referring to the drawing, there is shown a stand constructed in-accordance with the present invention, the same including a bucket receptacle formed of a cage-like structure having an upper ring 1 and a lower ring 2, both round in form and of. the same diameter and sufficiently large to receive and support a maximum size bucket, and being spaced apart a sufficient distance for the purpose.

The rings areconnected attheir sides by upright rods 3 preferably'formed of a strip of metal and located. towards the rear of said-rings, the upper and lower ends of the rods being preferably riveted to the rings or otherwise secured thereto and joined together beneath thelower ring bya cross bar or slat 3 formed integrally therewith and extending across the lower ring to the rear of the "center thereof and forming, in connection with a front cross slat 3", a bottom to the cage or receptacle and adapted to supporta bucket or can a of paint or other material. 7

At the front of the receptacle there is secured, as by rivets or otherwise, a pair of spaced, vertical bars 4, said rivets securing the same to the upper and lower rings 1 and 2, and the lower terminals of said bars are extended below the lower ring and are bentoutwardly, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, to form diverging legs 6, the lower ends of which are fiattendedand bent to form alined feet 7 to rest upon the ground or other support. ,A brace 8 connects the lower portions of the diverging legs adjacent to the feet to strengthen the same.

The upper portions of the upright bars 4 are bent outwardly in horizontal alinement, as shown at 9, and thence bent upwardly at an inclination, as at 10, and then directed toward the rear to form handles 11, spaced at either side of the receptacle and elevated above the same in position to be easily grasped by the hands of the operator, for the purpose of changing the position of the stand and the contents of the receptacle.

The rear ends of the handles 11 are joined together by a cross bar 12, bent to conform to the shape of the parts 9 and 10, and secured at the center to a rear upright bar 13, extending from the lower ring 2 to a point considerably above the upper ring 1, the said bar being suitably connected to both rings. The front bars 4 together with the legs 6, as well as the handles 11 and the parts connected to the same may be formed of a single length of bar iron, as shown in the drawing, which is a simple and economical method of forming the same, but they may also, if desired, be formed of separate parts as will be understood.

At a point slightly above the upper ring 1, the rear bar 13 is bent rearwardly and returned upon itself to form a foot 14 extending considerably to the rear of the device and adapted to bear against'a wall, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing and to maintain the stand in an upright position.

The upper end of the rear bar 13 carries a brush holder 15 formed of suitable sheet metal and secured to the bar by suitable fasteners such as rivets, the forwardly and downwardly extending plate being provided with an opening 16 having an entrance opening for the reception of a brush handle, so as to support said brush over the rear portion of the bucket a and allow the same to drip or drain thereinto, the bail b of the bucket being preferably swung to the rear to rest against the bar 13 so as to be out of the way during operations.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple, cheaply manufactured, and strong and durable stand has been provided for holding a bucket of pain-tor other material, that the same may be readily moved from one position along the wall to another, by means of the handles, which are spaced away from the load to render'such movement easy, and that the'two-legged support at the front is advantageous especially when resting on the ground where more or less unevenness is encountered.

hat is claimed is v 1. A stand to be supported in an upright position comprising a receptacle open at the top, a pair of spaced downwardly extending legs connected to the front of the receptacle and provided with. feet adaptedto rest flat upon the ground or other support, upwardly inclined handles connected to the sides of the receptacle and arranged above the top of the latter, and a rearwardly directed foot connected to said receptacle above said feet and adapted to bear against the wall midway between the legs.

2. A stand comprising a bucket receptacle,

a frame attached to the receptacle and adapted to support the same, said frame consisting of a continuous metal rod bent to form spaced, outwardly fiaring,-downwardly extending legs adapted to rest on the ground and also to form transverse extended handles at each side of the frame and above the receptacle, and a rearwardly extending foot secured to the rear of the latter and located above the same and midway between the handles to bear against a wall and maintain the stand in upright position.

3. A paint bucket stand comprising a bucket receptacle open at the top, a pair of downwardly extending and diverging legs connected to the front of the receptacle, said legs being extended outwardly at the sides of the receptacle to form handles and connected together at the rear, and an upright bar connected to the rear of the receptacle and hav ing a rearwardly extending foot at the top of said receptacle to bear against a wall.

41. A paint bucket stand comprising a cage-like bucket receptacle having an upper and a lower ring, slats secured to the latter, and side uprights joining the two rings, spaced vertical uprights secured at the front of the rings, the lower portions of the same being extended below the lower ring and flared outwardly to form legs to rest upon a support, the lower ends of the legs being formed into outwardly extending feet, the upper ends of said front uprights being extended outwardly and rearwardly at the sides of the receptacle to form handles, and then extended inwardly at the rear of and above the receptacle, and an upright bar connected to the upper and lower rings at the rear thereof, said bar being bent to form a rearwardly extending foot to bear against a wall.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature.

JOHN G. DICK. 

